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Explore 1 medicinal entries and compare their symbolic meanings across named religious, mythic, folkloric, and modern spiritual traditions.

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Herb · Medicinal

Mandrake

Mandragora officinarum

A toxic plant with a human-shaped root, associated with fertility, sleep, medicine, love magic, danger, and the boundary between plant and person.

Jewish biblical traditionFertility, desire, and contested family blessing

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